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Phasing out child labor in the garment industry and providing education for ex-workers

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers’ and Exporters’ Association (BGMEA), in collaboration with the International Labor Organization (ILO) and UNICEF, developed the Child Labor Project to eliminate child labor in factories that belong to its 2,500 members, and to provide an alternative to former child laborers in the form of an education program.
Tactic Information
Intervention type: 
Intervention Tactics - Persuasion
Objective: 
to eliminate child labor in factories
Sector initiating tactic: 
Business
Sector intended to affect: 
Civil society

Offering community education and developing alternative rites of passage to discourage Female Genital Cutting

Tactic Information
Intervention type: 
Prevention Tactics - Removing opportunities for abuse
Objective: 
To honor cultural traditions without sacrificing the girl's rights to health and economic opportunity.
Sector initiating tactic: 
Civil society
Sector intended to affect: 
Civil society

Training Paraprofessionals to work with torture survivors

The Center for Victims of Torture (CVT) trains peer counselors to provide mental health services to refugees in Guinea and Sierra Leone.  With more than 300,000 refugees from Sierra Leone and more than 100,000 refugees from Liberia, staff and resources were far too limited to meet the needs of those who could benefit from mental health services in the refugee camps.  As a result, CVT began training of refugees themselves as peer counselors—or Psychosocial Agents (PSAs). Over 120 para-professionals have been trained through this approach.

For a detailed exploration of this tactic, please click on the following link to consult our tactical notebook, <b><a href="http://www.newtactics.org/en/RebuildingCommunities">Rebuilding Communities</a></b> by Binta Barry and Nancy L. Pearson.
Tactic Information
Intervention type: 
Building Human Rights Cultures and Institutions - Building capacity
Objective: 
To build local and long-term capacity building within communities to address massive human rights atrocities
Sector initiating tactic: 
Civil society
Sector intended to affect: 
Civil society
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